Private investigator, retired sea captain build case against Hofland
STOCKTON SPRINGS (Nov 6): Almost a year ago, retired sea Capt. George Perkins of Stockton Springs hired private investigator Gary Boynton to help him document his alleged loss of money, family heirlooms, construction equipment, firearms and other items during a time that alleged gunman Randall Hofland, of Searsport, worked as Perkins' caregiver.
Boynton has gathered a binder full of documents tracking Hofland's past, Perkins' financial records and other information that he has submitted to the Maine Attorney General's Office.
Boynton said he believes Hofland will face charges in connection with his involvement with Perkins; no charges have been filed to date.
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| Gary Boynton of World-Wide Investigations, left, and retired sea Capt. George Perkins (Photo by Tanya Mitchell) |
Boynton, a former lieutenant with the Waldo County Sheriff's Department is an private investigator with his company, World-Wide Investigations. This past year he has learned everything he could about Hofland.
It all started in early 2001, when Perkins said he started to feel sick. In a matter of months, his motor skills declined, and soon after, Perkins was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
"All the doctors said I was dying," remembered Perkins. "They started upping my doses of morphine."
With Perkins becoming increasingly incapacitated and unable to manage on his own, Boynton said Perkins' relatives decided how best to assist Perkins with his needs.
Initially, brother Mark Perkins came to Maine from his home in Massachusetts to care for his brother, said Boynton. Mark eventually returned to the Bay State, Boynton said, but Mark convinced his friend, Hofland, to serve as his brother's live-in caregiver.
Hofland, who Boynton said was originally from the San Diego, Calif., area, moved to New Hampshire as an adult, where he met Wendy, the woman who eventually became his wife and the mother of his three children.
Boynton said Hofland remained in New Hampshire until he and his wife divorced, a separation that Boynton claims was contentious.
Shortly after the divorce was final, Boynton said Hofland took a computer repair course in the Boston area. That's where, according to Boynton, Hofland met Mark Perkins.
"After Hofland left his wife, he moved in with Mark [Perkins] and lived down there for a while," he said.
Mark Perkins was looking for someone to care for his brother in Maine, and Boynton said Hofland was his obvious choice. Hofland allegedly lived with George Perkins from 2001 through May 2004.
George Perkins' mother and sister assisted him with his doctor visits, which took him from Belfast to Boston. After almost three years of ill health, Perkins met Dr. Agha Raza at Waldo County General Hospital, the man Perkins credits for giving him his life back. Perkins said Raza immediately sent him to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.
Raza believed Perkins did not have Alzheimer's, but rather cerebrospinal fluid leak. Perkins said spinal fluid was draining out through small leaks in his spine, causing the position of his brain to shift and affecting his ability to move, talk and walk.
Once Perkins underwent a treatment at the Mayo Clinic in which his white blood cells were used to stop the spinal leaks, he said he started regaining control of his basic functions within 20 minutes. With many hours of therapy and continued monitoring of his spine, Perkins reports that he has a clean bill of health.
"It was like I went from 2 years old to 60," recalled Perkins.
While Perkins was being treated at the Mayo Clinic for five weeks in April and May 2004, Perkins said Hofland was supposed to be moving out of his home back in Stockton Springs.
Perkins believes his valuables were taken, and with the help of Boynton, he is seeking to get them back.
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